Man accused of supplying booze to teens killed in crash has been cited before

Feb. 22, 2014

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A man accused of buying alcohol for two teens killed in an accident near Wall Lake early Sunday had been cited for supplying minors in the past.

Tyrone Christopher Gastineau, 42, was charged Friday with contributing to the abuse, neglect or delinquency of a minor, giving alcohol to a person younger than 18 and giving alcohol to a person younger than 21.

Raphie Phan, 17, and Amanda Doty, 19, were thrown from a 2004 Honda Accord in a rollover two miles south of Wall Lake.

Both were killed on the scene. Court records say Phan’s blood-alcohol content was .096, just over the legal limit to drive. His passenger, Doty, had a blood-alcohol content of .393.

Phan’s Honda was traveling south when he came to an embankment where 463rd Avenue meets 268th Street, west of Sioux Falls.

A broken half-gallon bottle of Svedka vodka was found at the scene.

An anonymous tip after the fatal wreck pointed to Gastineau as the buyer for the alcohol the pair had consumed that evening, court records say.

After interviewing the tipster and looking for surveillance footage at a liquor store near the Thirsty Duck on Marion Road, officers called Gastineau.

The Arizona native said Phan had called Feb. 15 to ask for alcohol.

He said Phan picked him up at his apartment in the 3500 block of South Larch Avenue, and that Doty was with him when they went to a store to buy the liquor.

He told police he thought the teens planned to drink at Phan’s home.

“Tyrone was told this could come back on him,” court records say. “Tyrone said he felt bad about what had happened.”

Gastineau also was charged with furnishing alcohol to a person younger than 21 in January 2012. He paid an $84 fine.

Gastineau also has a dismissed theft charge on his record in South Dakota and a handful of theft, trespassing, disorderly conduct and liquor violations in the Phoenix area.

The new charges of furnishing alcohol for a person younger than 17 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor each carry up to a year in jail. Giving alcohol to a person younger than 21 is punishable by up to 30 days in jail.